Ghosts of the past / Marco Vichi; translated by Stephen Sartarelli and Oonagh Stransky.
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TextSeries: Vichi, Marco, Inspector Bordelli ; 6.Publisher: London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Description: 501 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781473613829; 1473613825Uniform titles: Fantasmi del passato. English. Subject(s): Bordelli, Inspector, (Fictitious character) -- Fiction | Murder -- Investigation -- Italy -- Florence -- Fiction | Police -- Italy -- Florence -- Fiction | Country life -- Italy -- Tuscany -- Fiction | Nineteen sixties -- Fiction | Tuscany (Italy) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction | Florence (Italy) -- History -- 20th century -- FictionGenre/Form: Detective and mystery fiction. Summary: Florence, 1967. It is winter, and one year has passed since the historic and devastating flood of the Arno, though the memories of that day still linger with the stains on the city walls. The anniversary of the flood brings with it a new case for Inspector Bordelli. A wealthy local industrialist, fiercely loved and respected by everyone he knew, has been found murdered in his grand villa in the Flesole hills, and the killer has left no trace. With no obvious leads to follow, Bordelli is patiently retracing the victim's last days when he encounters an old friend from the war. Inviting the man into his home, Bordelli doesn't realise that it is this friend who will lead him ever closer to the secrets at the heart of the mystery.
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Originally published in Italian as Fantasmi del passato.
Florence, 1967. It is winter, and one year has passed since the historic and devastating flood of the Arno, though the memories of that day still linger with the stains on the city walls. The anniversary of the flood brings with it a new case for Inspector Bordelli. A wealthy local industrialist, fiercely loved and respected by everyone he knew, has been found murdered in his grand villa in the Flesole hills, and the killer has left no trace. With no obvious leads to follow, Bordelli is patiently retracing the victim's last days when he encounters an old friend from the war. Inviting the man into his home, Bordelli doesn't realise that it is this friend who will lead him ever closer to the secrets at the heart of the mystery.
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